spike10197 Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 ive been trying to figure it out i own a 1990 honda civic 1500DX yes i know i probably ask to many questions but im new to hondas. plus im only 17 :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 How do you find a way to triple post?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10197 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 How do you find a way to triple post?! uhhh what do you mean??? i didnt mean to post the same thing over and over. do you know how to get rid of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxscaxx Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 you posted 3 times in the same section lol. didnt come with directions? obviously has to be wired to something behind the cluster, couldnt tell you which one though. try searching on Honda-tech.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 you suck at the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IStripForHugs Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 i had to put an autometer tachometer in mine cuz it used to be an auto, it came w/ directions how to hook it up, there are 4 wires, one is a hot, one is a gnd, one goes to the headlight switch so when you turn your lights on that gauge lights up as well, and the fourth is a pain because the directions say to run it to something off the distributor or some crazy thing like that, but i ended up figuring out which wire it was under the hood and taking the RPM reading from there, i dont recall how i figured it out though, but i do know that it was the fat blue one if that helps at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10197 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 hmmm i dont suck at the internet it just posted 3 times with out me knowing. i was trying to figure out how to erase the other 2 but w/e. also is it hard to hook it up? i have a stick shift car so i think it would be different? im not to sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 hmmm i dont suck at the internet it just posted 3 times with out me knowing. i was trying to figure out how to erase the other 2 but w/e.also is it hard to hook it up? i have a stick shift car so i think it would be different? im not to sure Do you have a factory tach on your instrument panel? If so dont worry about another tach, if you dont just look for an instrument cluster with a tach youll only be able to find them used but its a just plug and play. Besides a factory tach is all you need its more accurate anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 older style hondas have a little wear on them so they arent more accurate but its not inaccurate enough to put a stupid ass tach to uglify the instrument panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 older style hondas have a little wear on them so they arent more accurate but its not inaccurate enough to put a stupid ass tach to uglify the instrument panel. Yeah thats what i meant stock works well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10197 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Share Posted June 5, 2007 Yeah thats what i meant stock works well enough. so what will the tech look like? im a new kid to honda and im having tons of trouble with it. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Is there a stock tach in your car? If there is not then look for a 90-91 civic/crx instrument cluster like this: If your car is 5spd look for one without the PRND stuff. Take your old one out and plug the new one in there you go tach installed no wiring necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR17 Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 didnt realized you had so many of these topics i deleted like 3.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10197 Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 Is there a stock tach in your car? If there is not then look for a 90-91 civic/crx instrument cluster like this: If your car is 5spd look for one without the PRND stuff. Take your old one out and plug the new one in there you go tach installed no wiring necessary. i have a tach but it doesnt come with the rpm gauge. its just the lights ex:check engie and so forth. but it doesnt have an rpm gauge. so if i find one like the one in the pic do i just unplug mine and put that one in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Here's a little note for you, being as you know as little as you do. Tach is Tachometer, which IS your "rpm gauge", as you like to call it. RPM gauge = Tachometer/Tach. You have what is called a gauge cluster in your car. It probably doesn't have a tachometer in it. In fact, it doesn't. You said so. And yes, changing it will involve merely unplugging it and plugging the new one in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10197 Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 Here's a little note for you, being as you know as little as you do. Tach is Tachometer, which IS your "rpm gauge", as you like to call it. RPM gauge = Tachometer/Tach. You have what is called a gauge cluster in your car. It probably doesn't have a tachometer in it. In fact, it doesn't. You said so. And yes, changing it will involve merely unplugging it and plugging the new one in. thanks for the lesson. sry that im not smart. im just barely starting off on cars. i enjoy working on mine its been fun and hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR17 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 im assuming thats your ride in your avatar.. i had the same year except it was an si. you should gut teh entire car.. super light!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike10197 Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 im assuming thats your ride in your avatar..i had the same year except it was an si. you should gut teh entire car.. super light!! yes that is my car and me. and what do you mean by "you should gut teh entire car.. " im lost at that part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubplate Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Is there a stock tach in your car? If there is not then look for a 90-91 civic/crx instrument cluster like this: If your car is 5spd look for one without the PRND stuff. Take your old one out and plug the new one in there you go tach installed no wiring necessary. sorry but i am also trying to install that cluster. ive tried 2 different clusters. are they both garbage? i was informed i do not need to rewire, is this true? thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamEj6 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 gut the interior means to take everything out of it except the steering wheel and front seat give or take more or less, jesus man you seriously dont know anything do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishswimfast Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 the easiest way is to take off the top of the gauge cluster. your car is wired to have a tach, but you just dont have one. there is a big plug that goes into the backside of the face for the cluster. the one on the left that is green is the wire you hook it up to. if that helps at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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